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Graham Leadbitter vs Steve Witherden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Steve Witherden voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 70 different votes 129 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 27 No
Tax 16% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API